Tuesday, 29 November 2016

How my parents died in a house fire - Toke Makinwa

In her book, Toke Makinwa recalled the fire that claimed the lives of
her parents who were just 35 (dad) and 34 (mum) at the time of their
deaths. They died when Toke, their second child and one of four
children, was just 8 years old. The fire was caused by a gas cylinder
explosion at their home

"My dad had come out of the building smelling of burning rubber, putting
out the fire on his shorts as he tried to explain what happened to a
crowd that seemed to be getting bigger every minute. There was something
I could taste in my mouth; it was fear. Fear gripped me and I could
barely move. In movies, you sometimes see a scene with someone burning
from head to toe. Everyone ran back trying to figure out who it was. It
took a moment to realise it was my mum. I stood glued to the spot
watching her burn."
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